adamkaz/iStockBy NICOLE PELLETIERE, ABC News (NORTH CONWAY, N.H.) — One senior class graduation was held high in the sky beside a mountain after traditional commencement was canceled due to COVID-19. In a private ceremony, Kennett High School’s class of 2020 graduated at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, New Hampshire. Safety […]
Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to robbery in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors is set to be sentenced on Monday. The teenager, now 14, was charged as a juvenile, as he was 13 at the time […]
Kuzma/iStockBy AARON KATERSKY and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to robbery in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors was sentenced on Monday to spend 18 months in a limited secure facility. The teenager, now 14, was charged as a juvenile, as […]
pinkomelet/iStockBy ANGELINE JANE BERNABE, DOUG VOLLMAYER and VICTORIA HAFFNER, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tempers ran high after a video surfaced over the weekend showing a woman inside a New York City bagel shop not wearing a mask and coughing on a fellow patron. In the video captured on a […]
Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minneapolis Police Department will not alter or remove George Floyd’s memorial amid ongoing protests. “We respect the memory of him and will not disrupt the meaningful artifacts that honor the importance of his life,” […]
TheaDesign/iStockBy BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News (ATLANTA) — Before being shot to death by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, Rayshard Brooks had a cordial conversation about being in the area to visit his mother’s grave and to celebrate one of his young daughter’s […]
Philadelphia Police DepartmentBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — An alleged contract killer has been charged with four counts of murder for killings that took place in 2018 and 2019, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. Steven Williams, 25, of Philadelphia, allegedly collected thousands of dollars as a […]
Mill Creek Police DepartmentBy JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A father who grabbed and beat a 12-year-old-boy and then helped his 12-year-old son attack and stab the victim has turned himself into authorities after being on the run for two days. The incident occurred on June 10 when […]
KGO-TVBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — A video of a white couple confronting a person of color stenciling Black Lives Matter in chalk outside his San Francisco home has been viewed more than 12 million times. James Juanillo posted the video to his Twitter account late last week. […]
dlewis33/iStockBy IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police unions are one of the most important guardians of law enforcement in the United States — negotiating salary, benefits and most importantly protections for their members. But that urge to protect also has another side in some cases — a resistance […]
